novelonline Chapter 3631 Christmas New Look (5)
Chapter 3631 Christmas New Look (5)
Chapter 3631 Christmas New Look (V)
But the most outstanding performances were naturally given by the magicians. After a few years of recuperation, the magic world finally made a splash.
The essence of magic is still borrowing and lending, and there is no change in this. The source of magicians' power is either the devil or the mysterious existence outside the domain, which is still the same.
But the difference is that the humans have united and collectively negotiated with the devils. The devils' greed for human souls and the newly built magic defense network are both good bargaining chips. At least the humans are satisfied with the negotiation results.
The contract on the DC side is much stricter than that on the Marvel side. The devil wants the soul, and they won't give up even a step. However, most devils agree to take the soul of the magician after the natural death, and try not to torture them as much as possible while they are alive, and give them more power to call upon.
Humans use a more scientific method to select the most suitable agent for a particular devil. This is the meaning of the existence of Gotham School of Magic.
Although it seems unfair on the surface, in fact, for the devil, the life span of human beings is too short. They finally picked a proxy that is very suitable for their strength and temperament, but they have to die before they can live for a hundred years. It is equivalent to the devil taking a nap and the proxy is gone. They don't like this either.
Therefore, many devils will choose to extend the life of their agents. Although the soul is still in the hands of the devil, it can basically be said to have an infinite lifespan.
Take Pamela for example. The Green of All Things has high hopes for her. Every universe is looking for her, so of course it is impossible for her to die so easily. Pamela will not age at all now, and she will still be a young and beautiful girl in a hundred years.
Some people will surely worry: "If the soul is held in the hands of the devil, then isn't it destined to help the devil?"
That depends on what the devil's core interests are. They want more believers, so they let agents preach. Most of those sects are not good, most of them are crazy and evil. But this is not the key. The key is the existence of the earth, so that they can have more believers.
If the Earth is gone and no human is left, where will they find believers? Can they still count on the demon-like creatures created by Darkseid to believe in the devil?
Humans are indeed weaker, but it is precisely because they are too fragile that they need to seek emotional comfort and seek those evil ways, giving the devil an opportunity to take advantage of them. It is not easy for the devil to preach in a fully mechanical civilization.
So in essence, the devil and humans are in agreement on the core interest of ensuring the existence of the Earth.
For example, in this war, the magicians really experienced the pleasure of unlimited budget. Almost all the devils said in unison: spend as much as you can, don't save money for me, we must teach these bastards who want to destroy the earth a lesson!
Therefore, even if it was a magic apprentice who had just signed the contract, he would hold a magic weapon in his left hand and a forbidden spell in his right hand, with light flashing all over his body, and he would throw magic energy at the opponent as if it was free.
Moreover, demons and angels both want believers, so naturally the better they perform, the more people will believe in them. When you perform miracles and save humanity at the critical moment of life and death, it is indeed normal for humans to call you "savior."
Not only do they give generous budgets, they also rack their brains to come up with some fancy tricks just to make their believers perform better. The devils have hellfire coming down, the angels have great chanting; the green of all things has a plant army, and the red of all beings has a beast galloping.
They are the main reason why Brainiac was able to defeat so many enemies in such a short time. After all, each of them is a multiverse-level boss. Even if they don't fight in person, their agents are not vegetarians. After a flurry of punches, Darkseid will be unconscious for two days.
But it cannot be said that this is not the credit of Brainiac. You know, he is a pure logic machine, he actually cannot understand things like mysticism, which is completely opposite to the magic of chaos.
He was able to utilize this power and even arrange them step by step to the battlefield that was most suitable for them. It can be said that Brainiac in Schiller's universe has initially gotten rid of the inherent limitations of artificial intelligence and started to take a step towards pure intelligent life.
Because of the magicians' good performance, almost everyone knew about the existence of Gotham School of Magic after the war. Because many of the magicians on the field wore the same school uniform, Brainiac did not hide it and directly stated that they were all students from the same magic school.
In addition, Brainiac also began to select students suitable for practicing magic from all over the world and asked them to come to Gotham School of Magic to study. In order to facilitate magicians from all over the world to come and exchange and study, Brainiac also specially established a "Ministry of Magic" to serve the students of the School of Magic and other creatures in the magical world.
Many magical creatures also participated in this war, some of them were just idle, some of them had a good impression of the other world and the magic academy, or they had a close personal relationship with a certain magician. For example, this time, Master Dark led Maia's troops to help in the battle, and they are still staying in the other world and have not withdrawn.
The otherworld is becoming more and more prosperous. The street where Schiller owns a shop has become a veritable Diagon Alley. Now almost every shop is open, and the street is crowded with people. Merkel can't even deliver flowers to everyone.
In general, this is the most united time for the Earth and all the races and forces related to it. Considering the scale of this invasion, it can be said that humans have made a big profit.
Don't be fooled by the excitement on the surface, with Darkseid and the Emotional Spectrum Corps, but in fact, neither of them is serious. Darkseid himself and the Apokolips domain did not show up, and the main warriors were only the kind grandmother, and at most Desaad who was commanding from behind.
As for the Emotional Spectrum Corps, most of them only followed orders and not announcements. For example, the Red Lantern Corps and the Orange Lantern Corps were not something that the little blue men could command. The main force was still some members of the Green Lantern Corps who opposed Hal, and the Yellow Lantern Corps who did not get along with the Green Lantern Corps.
The little blue man had no intention of fighting the Earth to death. After the full-scale war broke out, he did not send any reinforcements, and he never showed up from beginning to end, and he did not even use the technology they mastered.
These enemies are indeed very powerful for the humans on the surface of the earth, but if compared with the disasters in other universes, they can be said to be a drop in the bucket.
The main universe confronted Darkseid himself head-on and even went to Apokolips; in other universes, whenever a disaster broke out, they were besieged by several parties and most of them were miserable victories.
In the battle fought in Schiller's universe, the one who suffered the greatest loss was Brainiac, whose system was almost destroyed by him; the next biggest losses were some super-powered people and aliens; the dead magicians were basically pulled back up by the devil, so the actual losses were not great.
Ordinary humans suffered even less loss, because most of them were just fixing screws and not participating in the frontal battles. The number of deaths was not even as many as in a metropolitan invasion war in other universes.
The benefits to humanity are obvious. Although it took some time, the Earth was basically unified, and this political system was acceptable to most ordinary people. Under Brainiac's rule, global industrialization was only a matter of time.
Since the Second Industrial Revolution, mankind has not had any breakthrough reforms in terms of technology or social system. This time can be said to be the largest-scale change in human history. Even if the reset time is included, it only took three years. In comparison with the history of mankind, it can be said to be extremely efficient and perfect.
Let's put it this way, as long as we don't consider Brainiac's feelings, it can be called the greatest victory in the history of the Earth and all forces and organizations related to the Earth.
Of course, if the Justice League is taken into account, this record will probably be broken soon. Brainiac will not be surprised by any more monsters the Justice League brings to him.
After the public office was almost decorated, Schiller had to decorate his personal office. Although he didn't want to decorate it at all, Brainiac emphasized that students might come to give him gifts, so he still had to decorate it.
Schiller placed the huge Christmas tree by the window, not far from his desk, making sure every student who came by could see it. Then he placed a bunch of decorated gift boxes under the tree and hung colorful balls and bells on the tree.
After he finished, he took a look and nodded with satisfaction. The lights and decorations outside the window combined with the Christmas tree inside the window really created a Christmas atmosphere.
Soon it was time to get off work, and Schiller took another bus, the one heading to the east district where Billy's school was, and arrived at the gate of Billy's school.
Children carrying school bags rushed out. Even if there was a fierce battle in the sky above the earth for several months, it had nothing to do with these elementary school students. Except that they had to take the bus to go to school, their lives had hardly changed.
Schiller waved to Billy, who came running over. He was not surprised, as Brainiac had obviously told him.
"Good evening, Professor Schiller." Billy sniffed and said, "Victor just called me and said he has returned to Earth. He is a little busy today and will come to see me tomorrow."
"Yes, there was an accident in his laboratory..."
"An accident? Was it serious? Was he hurt?!"
"Of course not, his student was slightly injured." Schiller took Billy to another school bus and said, "You will see him at home tomorrow."
Billy nodded, wiped off the moisture on the glass with his hand, and looked out the window. Schiller asked him, "How is your study recently? Are you still keeping up with the courses?"
"Not bad." Billy scratched his head and said, "I moved up two places in the exam compared to last time, from last to third from last. Brainiac even praised me for my improvement."
"It's pretty good." Schiller touched his head and said, "How is your relationship with your classmates? Have they ever laughed at you?"
"No, Brainiac doesn't let them do that. One time someone made a face at me, and Brainiac told the teacher. Haha, and then he got scolded." Billy said with a laugh.
"You're not mad at him anymore."
Billy was a little embarrassed. He said, "Victor told me that fighting on the battlefield is no joke. Although I have become Shazam and am an adult, I am still a child. Children should not go to such dangerous places."
Schiller thought Victor was quite good at raising children, and he was able to convince Billy. When he applied for a visa before, Billy also heard about the war in space, and he insisted on turning into Shazam to beat up the invaders, but Brainiac held him down and refused to let him go, and he was angry for a long time.
Schiller suspected that this might be due to the instigation of Old Shazam, but unfortunately he ran into a solid wall. What is convincing about Brainiac is that once he sets the rules, they must be strictly enforced. The object of the constraints is not only humans, but also himself.
If you say that mentally ill people and minors are not allowed to go to the battlefield, then they are not allowed to go. Even if you have the ability to poke a hole in the sky, you will not be issued a visa. So even if Brainiac just knew that Schiller actually had superpowers, as long as Schiller mentioned the mental evaluation report, he had nothing to say.
Even if he had the chance to do it all over again, he would not be allowed to go if he knew Schiller had superpowers and failed the assessment.